Language, Globalization and the Making of a Tanzanian Beauty Queen (9781783090747)

Through micro-analysis of language use, this book chronicles young women's pathways to becoming a Tanzanian beauty queen, offering an original perspective on the intersection of language with globalization, nationalism, and inequality in urban East Africa. This compelling linguistic ethnography considers the real-life effects, both on- and off-stage, of language policy, education, and gender dynamics for the women competing in the pageants. While highlighting many contestants' struggles for escape from poverty and patriarchy, the book also emphasizes their creative strategies - linguistic and otherwise - for bettering their lives and shows how people living in a global economic periphery take part in, and sometimes feel left out of, the wider world.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 232 pages
• Dimensions 148 x 210 x 13mm | 310g
• Publication date 29 Nov 2013
• Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd
• Imprint MULTILINGUAL MATTERS
• Publication City/Country Bristol, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New
• ISBN10 178309074X
• ISBN13 9781783090747
• Bestsellers rank 2,816,468

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